The art’s actually good, but it’s a bit spiked by the fact that you mentioned that the people who made it likely got pissy when an Arab wasn't played by an Arab. I say if they can pull the role off and don’t stick out like a sore thumb (i.e. using a black guy to play a Japanese character and still saying they’re ethnically Japanese or something) I see no issue with it. It’s a new interpretation of the story, not a part for part remake. Things can change, especially since Disney have all these stories happy endings they didn’t have originally.